Finally Dremeled out the back of the shelving unit and placed the stands:

You like that blur? Someone had a bit too much espresso.

As you can see, it's going to hold up nicely. Just need to cut the chain to size and we'll be good to go. That's as high as the arms extend but I'm sure I'll be fine on flexibility.

There's non-slip grippy stuff beneath each stand and each of those storage baskets is filled with heavy crap like fertilizer and cans of paint.

Also put some grippy shelf liner beneath the tank.

Received my final bag of Azoo Plant Grower Bed and a bit of Marsilea minuta today so hope to get a rough scape going tonight. Anubias, C. parva, Marsilea minuta, bit of fissidens or other moss behind the rocks. May hold out to see if Gordon gets Bacopa australis in this weekend before settling on a scape.

If anyone has thoughts on plants, feel free to chime in. Not settled on these and am open.

Stand is plenty heavy - just trying to weight the actual metal lighting stands down, as they're seated atop shelves. Have baskets on top of the stand platforms holding them down.

Going as low-tech as possible since this is a shrimp-only tank with the addition of some Otos. Lots of open space for shrimp observation. Not gonna do much with carpeting plants since Otos tend to be sneaky little buggers that stir up substrates on occasion. You should see how they're behaving in their current holding tank that's got a sand bottom.

It's similar to the stuff with holes in it but a bit thicker. Got it at Home Depot in the same section (same brand). Con-Tact manufactures it. Their version of stuff with holes in it is called Grip Liner. The stuff I used is called Grip Premium. It's a solid sheet of foamy rubber grippy stuff.

It's similar to the stuff with holes in it but a bit thicker. Got it at Home Depot in the same section (same brand). Con-Tact manufactures it. Their version of stuff with holes in it is called Grip Liner. The stuff I used is called Grip Premium. It's a solid sheet of foamy rubber grippy stuff.

Thanks, i'm looking for something to use under my 12L so i can start working on it

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